Feminine garment



June 7, 1949. s. LITT ETAL 2,472,302

FEMININE GARMENT Filed Dec. 12, 1946 Patented June 7, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT *OFFICE 2,472,302 v FEMININE GARMENT Samuel Litt and Edward Litt, New York, N. Y. Application December 12, 1946, Serial No. 715,692

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to garments for women and girls and more particularly to garments which are ordinarily characterized as play suits.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a one-piece garment of the above designated type, namely, a garment Comprising a Waist part and a nether part, in the nature of shorts, having a crotch-like portion which may be readily closed and opened, whereby when the crotch-like part is opened the nether part of the garment may be raised on the wearer in accordance with the latters needs.

Another object is the provision of a one-piece feminine garment comprising an upper part or waist in unitary relation with a nether part, said garment being so constructed and arranged as to have the appearance of a waist and a pair of shorts.

The above objects of the invention and other objects ancillary thereto will be fully understood from the following description reference being had to the accompanying drawings which are to be considered as illustrative of the invention but not in limitation thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a garment embodying the present invention, the nether part of the garment being spread more or less fiatwise for the purpose of illustration;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower part of the garment, the crotch-like portion thereof being open;

Fig. 3 is a sectional Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view, on a larger scale, of a lower central edge part of the garment.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the garment in embodying the present invention comprises an upper part or waist l2 and a nether part I 4 which is united with said waist l2 at the waistline at which a belt like part I6 is provided. The waist [6 may be open at the front and, as here shown, may be releasably closed by separable fastener members here shown as buttons it and companion button holes, the belt-like part It also being provided at one end thereof with similar or other fastener elements. The front opening extends downwardly continuously from the neck opening of the waist l2 to a suitable point as indicated at 20 located below the waistline and above the lower end of the garment, and a placket 22 is provided in the upper central portion at the view on the line 33 of View on the line 4-4 of the crotch portion front of the nether part I4 for releasably closing said portion of the garment below the waistline. It will be understood that when the fasteners I 8 and the fasteners in the placket 22 are disengaged from each other, the front of the garment may be opened along a continuous line extending from the neck opening to the aforementioned point so that the garment may be put on and taken off in a convenient way without requiring the garment to be passed over the head in donning and dofilng the garment.

The nether part I 4 of the garment is cut to provide considerable fullness therein, and as here shown, said nether part comprises the front panel 24 and the back panel 26 which are stitched to each other approximately at the opposite side edges of the garment as indicated at 28. Each of the panels 24 and 2B is preferably formed in two pieces stitched together by the front and rear vertical seams 30 and 32, respectively.

In accordance with the present invention, the nether part I4 of the unitary or one-piece garment I0 is provided with a crotch-like portion 34 at the lower edge of said nether part of the garment, namely, between the thigh or leg encircling parts 36 at the lower edge of the garment. Said crotchlike portion 34 comprises the lower central marginal edge portions 34a and 34b which are constructed and arranged to be releasably fastened to each other. For this purpose said parts 3 3a and 34b are provided with separable fastener elements here shown as buttons 38 on part 345a and button holes 40 on part 34b, the latter being formed so that the buttons are not visible when parts 34a and 34b are fastened together. It will be understood that when the crotch-like part 34 is closed, the nether part I I of the garment has the appearance of a pair of shorts, the length of said nether part l4 being of appropriate length for a garment of the shorts type. Also it will be understood, of course, that when parts 34a and 3th of the crotch-like part 34 are detached from each other, by unfastening the separable fastener elements, the nether part of the garment is similar to a skirt so that said nether part can be positioned to suit the wearers needs. It will be noted that the provision of placket 22 aids in imparting to the garment the appearance of a garment ensemble consisting of a waist and a separate pair of shorts, although the waist part it and the nether part I4 are permanently secured together. On the other hand, although the shorts part I4 is permanently fastened to the waist part l2, the shorts part can be raised on the wearer, 34 being unfastened for that purpose, in accordance with the wearers needs, skirt having centrally disposed crotch-forming and thereafter refastened. parts at the back and front, respectively, of the As indicated above, the garment part I4 is garment provided with separable fastening means cut with considerable fullness, as indicated by the for releasably securing said crotch-forming parts downward flare of said part of the garment in the 5 together, said crotch-forming parts, when unsubstantially flat condition thereof illustrated in fastened from each other, extending longitudithe drawings. In order to facilitate the provision nally of the lower edge of the skirt. of the desired degree of fullness and flare of the 2. A unitary garment comprising a waist part nether. part 14 downwardly from the waistline of and askirt-united with each to form -.a -onepiece the garmentfiwith':aiproper fit at the waistline, gar-mentasaid skirt flaring downwardly from the the front panel 24 is provided with folds 42 diswaist and the front of said skirt being provided posed at opposite sides of the vertical median with folds disposed at opposite sides of the verline of the garment and extending from the 'tical median line of the garment and extendin waistline to the bottom of the garment, the-upper downwardly from the waistline of the garment to parts of each of said folds being-stitched together the bottom thereof, portions of each of said folds as indicated at M for a short distance 'downbeing stitched together along a vertical line exwardly from the waistline-pftheagarment. .The tending a shortdistance down from the waistline, fullness of the nether part M of the. garment the remaining portion of each of said folds being may be such that when the garment is'on the free to expand and contract laterally of the wearer and the crotch-like portion 34 is closed, wearer, whereby the garment is fitted at the said net-her part has theappearance-of'askirt. waistline without-impairment of the"flare of said While we have shown anddescribed the preskirt, the lower marginal e e-p rtions of-said ferred embodiment ofour inventionit will be skirt having centrally disposed crotch-forming understood that various changes in the details of parts at the back and front, respectively, ofthe constructionand in the style orappearance er the -10 a ment prov ded w sep b e fa t n n mea garment may be made without departing from for'releasably securingsaid'crotbh forming parts the underlying idea' 'or principles or the invention tog th a d' d Said Skirt having a fr within the scope of the appended claims. opening extending from theneck opening of the Having thus described"m1r inventign, what we waist to a point-in the-skirtsubstantially above claim and desire to secureby Letters'Patent is: the bottom thereof but below the stitched P on 1. A unitary garment comprising a waist part Of Said folds. I

and a skirt united with each to form a oneepiece SAMUEL garment, said'skirt fiaringdownwardly from the T waist" and the front of said skirt being provided 'with'folds disposed at" oppositesidesof' the 'ver- REFERENCESGITED near median line of the garm nt'a'nd xfi din The following references are of recordinthe downwardly from the'waistline" of thegarment to m of t patent; the bottom thereof,portions of each of said folds being stitched together along a vertical line ex- UNITED STATES PATENTS tending a short distance down from the waist-' Number Name 'Date line, the remaining portion ofeachof said folds 1,345,763 Gold J.uly 6, 1920 being free to expand and contract laterally of the 1,382, 6 Berry --'Ju1y"21,'192l wearer, whereby the .garment is fitted at the 2,000,795 Sweeney May "7, 1935 waistline without impairment of the'flare of said 1 ,462 Thomas 'Aug.' 13,1935

skirt, the lower marginal edge portions :of said 2, 38,365 Wilson 'No'v."29, 1938 

